China: Guiding Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Promoting the Well-regulated and Sound Development of the Platform Economy

This Guiding Opinions are issued because of the increasingly important role of the Internet platform economy, which is a new organizing method for productivity in China. In Article 5, the …

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India And The Gig Economy

This article analyses in detail the legal implications faced by the Gig Economy by first addressing the nature of the term ‘gig economy’, the implications of it in the economy. …

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Gender Bias and the Sex Trafficking Interventions in the Eastern Border of India–Nepal

This paper explores the reasons that force migration of women and children across borders, especially in the eastern border India-Nepal. The paper details the international definitions and laws around human …

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China: Work-related illnesses higher than reported

The Chinese government officially released statistics on occupational diseases, close to one million people at the end of 2018. The opinion made in this news is that statistics on occupational …

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Undocumented migrant worker in Malaysia wins right to be heard

Undocumented migrant workers in Malaysia have the right to seek relief from exploitation and file suit for unpaid wages despite their legal status, a Malaysian court has ruled.The Shah Alam …

S. Korea: Gov’t seeks to allow fired workers to join enterprise-level unions

“The Ministry of Employment and Labor said Tuesday it was submitting revisions to the Labor Law that will among other things allow people who were fired to retain their company’s …

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India: Women stitching garments at home entitled to Provident Funds

“In a landmark judgement which may affect both government and private managements in India outsourcing the work to escape the labour laws by claiming that the persons so engaged are …

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Indian government seeks to introduce ‘business friendly’ labor law reforms

This article analyses the  introduction of two new labor code bills in the House of Parliament in India, the Code on Wages and the Code on Occupational Safety, Health and …

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Bangladesh: New Guidelines on Garment Subcontracting

“A new guideline aimed at stemming unauthorised subcontracting in Bangladesh’s textile and clothing sector will help control its “unplanned” expansion – but at a risk of increased costs and lost …

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Human Trafficking at Home: LABOR TRAFFICKING OF DOMESTIC WORKERS

This report, a joint project of Polaris and the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA), is an attempt to put legal and societal recommendations forward by compiling and sharing qualitative and …

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